RE: [H] RE:Dual core or Quad core?

2007-11-08 Thread Hayes Elkins
ocked multiplier, but that is only found in extreme edition cores that cost so much money it defeats the purpose of overclocking in the first place - which is getting lots of extra mhz from a CHEAP cpu.> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Subject: RE: [H] RE:Dual cor

Re: [H] RE:Dual core or Quad core?

2007-11-08 Thread Brian Weeden
als > and the process itself does sometimes favor specific production weeks. > > > Greg > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3

RE: [H] RE:Dual core or Quad core?

2007-11-08 Thread Greg Sevart
t; Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:46 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] RE:Dual core or Quad core? > > On 11/8/07, Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > no it is the same process. Using a highly engineered device > > beyond it's speci

Re: [H] RE:Dual core or Quad core?

2007-11-08 Thread Brian Weeden
On 11/8/07, Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > no it is the same process. Using a highly engineered device > beyond it's specifications with the potential of negative consequences. Like I said in my post a couple messages ago, assuming that the CPU is designed to run at the speed it is

RE: [H] RE:Dual core or Quad core?

2007-11-08 Thread Greg Sevart
> >The number of killer apps for 4+ cores > >will likely remain small into the foreseeable future. > >Greg > > I disagree... at least for the apps that matter to me. But only time > will answer that. For me Quad is the value choice. In fact, I am > thinking about a Xeon Dual Quad, which is really

RE: [H] RE:Dual core or Quad core?

2007-11-08 Thread Greg Sevart
> > The difference in encode times > >between 4 cores 2.4GHz and 4 cores at 3.2GHz is dramatic--overclocking > is > >still very much alive and very much worthwhile. > > For you, maybe, not for me. I can spend hours editing, and encoding > video... I might not even see an annoying anomaly in the f